| BLUE-COLLAR JOBS | WHITE-COLLAR JOBS | ||||
| RANK | JOB | DEATHS/ 100,000 |
RANK | JOB | DEATHS/ 100,000 |
| 1 | timber-cutters, loggers |
129.0 | 1 | airline pilots | 97.0 |
| 2 | asbestos & insulation workers |
78.7 | 2 | office helpers & messengers |
14.5 |
| 3 | structural metal workers |
72.0 | 3 | retail sales mgrs & dept. heads |
12.3 |
| 4 | electric power-line & cable installers, repairers |
50.7 | 4 | geologists | 9.5 |
| 5 | firefighters | 48.8 | 5 | agricultural scientists |
9.0 |
| 6 | garbage collectors | 40.0 | 6 | vehicle dispatchers & starters |
8.3 |
| 7 | truck drivers | 39.6 | 7 | physicists & astronomers |
7.6 |
| 8 | bulldozer operators | 39.3 | 8 | construction inspectors (pub. administration) |
7.6 |
| 9 | earth drillers | 38.8 | 9 | meter readers, office machine operators |
7.4 |
| 10 | craft apprentices | 37.5 | 10 | engineers | 7.3 |
| 11 | miners | 37.5 | 11 | public administrators & officials |
7.2 |
| 12 | boilermakers | 35.0 | 12 | weighers | 7.1 |
| 13 | taxicab drivers & chauffers |
34.0 | 13 | science technicians | 6.7 |
| 14 | construction workers, carpenters' helpers |
33.5 | 14 | coaches & physical education teachers |
6.6 |
| 15 | millers | 33.3 | 15 | private administrators & managers |
6.6 |
| 16 | surveyors' helpers | 33.3 | 16 | real-estate agents | 6.6 |
| 17 | sheriffs & bailiffs | 32.4 | 17 | pharmacists | 6.5 |
| 18 | roofers & slaters | 31.9 | 18 | athletes, kindred workers |
6.5 |
| 19 | metal molders | 26.6 | 19 | surveyors | 6.1 |
| 20 | flight attendants | 23.0 | 20 | bldg. superintendents | 5.8 |
| 21 | oilers & greasers | 22.5 | 21 | veterinarians | 5.2 |
| 22 | excavating, grading & road machine oper. |
20.9 | 22 | assessors | 5.2 |
| 23 | crane operators | 19.3 | 23 | restaurant managers | 5.1 |
| 24 | police & detectives | 17.5 | 24 | computer specialists | 5.0 |
| 25 | bakers | 16.9 | 25 | insurance adjusters | 4.9 |
| 26 | engravers | 16.6 | 26 | sales managers | 4.7 |
| 27 | millwrights | 15.5 | 27 | union officials | 4.6 |
| 28 | sawyers | 15.4 | 28 | funeral directors | 4.5 |
| 29 | tailors | 15.0 | 29 | architects | 4.3 |
| 30 | forge and hammer operators |
14.2 | 30 | school administrators | 4.2 |
| 31 | farm machine operators |
14.2 | 31 | chemists | 4.2 |
| 32 | platerers | 14.2 | 32 | inspectors | 3.9 |
| 33 | ship fitters | 14.2 | 33 | ticket agents | 3.7 |
| 34 | butchers | 13.8 | 34 | advertising agents | 3.6 |
| 35 | loom operators | 12.5 | 35 | editors & reporters | 3.6 |
Source: Ubell, Earl. 1989.
"Is
Your Job Killing You?" Parade Magazine (Jan. 8):4-7.
For most up-to-date statistics check out the National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries.
